Mother charged after child found dead in Kingston apartment

A 32-year-old woman has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after a young child and the body of a second child were found abandoned in an apartment building, Kingston Police said Tuesday.

A representative of Family and Children's Services of Frontenac, Lennox & Addington made the discoveryon Friday in an apartment building on Russell Street, between Patrick and Kent streets. No parent was present at the location, police said.

Police were notified and said they located the mother of the two children in Napanee, Ont. The woman was taken into custody and held for a bail hearing.

She has been charged with criminal negligence causing death, failing to provide necessaries of life, and two counts of abandoning a child under 10 years old.

Police would not provide further information on the ages of the children. They're requesting anyone who may have information about this incident to come forward.